Supportive policies and advancing technology have been successfully pushing the price of solar energy lower and lower. Solar technology was originally used as the electricity supply for a satellite in 1958 at an extremely high price. However, this...
Carbon dioxide is generated through the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil. Given the enormous negative environmental impact of carbon dioxide on Earth, the significant development of solar and other renewable energy sources...
Climate change is an uphill battle, but by combining efforts in the areas of adaptation and mitigation, we can slow the process. In the context of climate change, adaptation refers to working to reduce the negative effects of the phenomenon. For...
Climate change is a worldwide crisis. We will feel its worst effects in the future if we do not take action. However, some areas of the world are already facing the consequences of global warming. While fighting climate change is a multi-faceted...
To mark the end of this year’s Tokyo Dance Music Week, the final installment of the online festival will be powered solely by renewable energy. The September 13 event will be broadcasted from the main deck of Tokyo Tower using only renewable energy...
Biogas power generation is expected to spread in the future and Japan’s Tohoku region is spearheading the trend. Just last month, 4 companies in the Tohoku region announced that they will team up to launch a new company. it will initiate a bio food...
The company leading a project to create Japan’s largest-scale palm oil power plant in Kyoto Prefecture has informed a citizens’ group fighting the development that it has decided to pull out of the project. On April 23, the group Association...
Japan’s first garment-sharing service company, airCloset, is aiming for zero apparel waste via its business model for sustainable fashion. However, it is not content with that alone. It also plans to work on all the United Nations’ sustainability...
The climate crisis is urgent. According to the United Nations, we need to drop our carbon emissions by a staggering 55% by 2030 in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. We are already likely seeing some of the effects of climate...
Climate change is undoubtedly going to affect all of us in the future — in fact, we are already seeing some of its consequences play out now. Though the scientific consensus is nearly unanimous, and people in general realize that global...